Thajudeen murder: Narahenpita ex-OIC received calls from Presidential Secretariat: CID reveals in court

By Shehan Chamika Silva

Senior State Counsel Dilan Rathnayake today told Court that according to the information revealed from the phone details of Former OIC of the Narahenpita Police Damian Perera, in connection with the murder of the killing of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen, the CID had recovered that there were phone calls received from the Presidential Secretariat on the day the incident happened (May 17, 2012).

He also said based on the revealed facts, a sensitive investigation was being carried out by the CID
into the phone conversations received from the Secretariat.

Filing a further report, the CID informed court that the former Narahenpita OIC had received phone calls from three certain numbers, which were registered under the name of the Presidential
Secretariat.

The CID said on two occasions that it had requested further details over the alleged three numbers
from the President's Secretary but yet to receive assistance from the PS office.

The prosecution held that the suspects were charged under Sections 113 (Conspiracy) and 32 (Liability for act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), of the Penal Code and according to the provision in Section 13 of the Bail Act, a person suspected or accused of being concerned in committing or having committed an offence punishable with death or with life imprisonment, shall not be released on bail except by a Judge of the High Court.

The Prosecution also informed court that the two suspects who were arrested in connection with the inquiry into the killing of ruggerite Wasim Thajudeen had now filed revision applications in Colombo High Court seeking bail.

Subsequently, the Colombo Additional Magistrate Mohammad Mihar re-remanded the suspects, former SDIG Anura Senanayake and Former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Perera, till August 10.

The former SDIG and the former Crimes OIC were also charged of causing disappearance of evidence, fabricating false evidence, touching it to screen the offender and conspiring under Clauses of 189,198 and 296 of the Penal Code.